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Secret World of Sex 194: The risks were enormous [...] you could have been picked up by the police, or you could have been picked up by a thug and your career gone for a burton.at go for a Burton (v.) under Burton, n.
Secret World of Sex 194: The risks were enormous [...] you could have been picked up by the police, or you could have been picked up by a thug and your career gone for a burton. (ref. to late 1940s) Secret World of Sex 193: If you wanted a piece of rough you’d look around the cottages in Covent Garden [...] the lorry drivers’ cottages. On the other hand if you wanted theatrical trade you’d do some of the cottages round the back of Jermyn Street.at cottage, n.
(ref. to 1930s) Secret World of Sex 40: John Binns remembers [...] There were lots of cruder words for things like oral sex, I remember we called that ‘having a plate’ or ‘gumsucking’.at gum-sucking, n.
(ref. to 1930s) Secret World of Sex 40: John Binns remembers [...] If you boasted that you’d made love to a girl [...] you’d say ‘I had a bit of kife there.’ If you’d felt a girl’s breasts you’d say ‘I had a good reef.’ And if you’d felt her down below you’d say ‘I got a handful of sprats.’.at get a handful of sprats (v.) under handful, n.
(ref. to 1930s) Secret World of Sex 40: John Binns remembers [...] If you boasted that you’d made love to a girl [...] you’d say ‘I had a bit of kife there.’ If you’d felt a girl’s breasts you’d say ‘I had a good reef.’ And if you’d felt her down below you’d say ‘I got a handful of sprats’.at kyfer, n.
(ref. to 1940s) Secret World of Sex 208: It was very common for somebody to toss someone off in a cottage.at toss (off), v.
(ref. to 1920s-40s) Secret World of Sex 200: Love for an older girl [...] referred to as a ‘crush’, a ‘pash’ or a ‘rave’.at pash, n.
(ref. to 1930s) Secret World of Sex 206: John Binns remembers going to the Islington Music Hall [...] All of a sudden someone undone me bloody flies and started pulling me off.at pull off (v.) under pull, v.
(ref. to 1920s–40s) Secret World of Sex 200: Love for an older girl [...] referred to as a ‘crush’, a ‘pash’ or a ‘rave’.at rave, n.
(ref. to 1930s) Secret World of Sex 40: John Binns remembers [...] If you boasted that you’d made love to a girl [...] you’d say ‘I had a bit of kife there.’ If you’d felt a girl’s breasts you’d say ‘I had a good reef.’ And if you’d felt her down below you’d say ‘I got a handful of sprats’.at reef, v.1
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